game-jam-chat

[elder rune]

arranging them creatively/aesthetically might also score too

[turbid cobalt]

right thats what i was thinking too

[elder rune]

mine is take cube, scale scale scale place lol

very basic

[turbid cobalt]

did most of my level layout its a three part landscape some block out doing the game mechanics and frame work now the last two days will be for polishing

kind of empty here now but its on the way the assets i will be makeing are like ruins

trees and foliage are to cover up the world partioning popping lmao

hope it packages

shooting for three prize pools

[elder rune]

make project backup, package now, package often! I had my package crashing first 2.5 days, had to start from scratch again.

[turbid cobalt]

ok ill package soon i need to get the gameplay in working all night now

[upper thistle]

Hey all. I have been trying to clone my character in the third person game template so that the clone copies each and every movement of the main character. I just can't figure it out so if anyone can guide me it would be much appreciated.🙏

[mighty wigeon]

The basic part is easy. Get a reference to the other character and send it the exact same instructions from the input. Where you'll probably run into trouble though is that the character won't want to accept commands without a controller. You can give it an AI controller, that's the approach I usually use. I learned another way of doing it today from @azure flicker which is to tick "run physics without controller" in the movement component of the character.

[upper thistle]

Thanks for the reply. So you mean I can duplicate my 3rdperson character and tick "run physics without controller" in the movement component or do you mean something else ? Just started learning Blueprints a few days ago so sorry for the newb questions.

[mighty wigeon]

No worries but if you've only been using blueprints for a few days you'll probably struggle with doing this. Give me a sec and I'll write up some basics you can copy though, give you a starting point at least.

[upper thistle]

Thank you very much. That will be super helpful.

[mighty wigeon]

So step one is getting a reference so the two blueprints can talk to eachother.
In the blueprint for your -main character- create a variable of type "Character" (I've called mine "Clone Reference" here).
Then in the blueprint for your -clone-, you want it to send the main character a reference to itself and save it in that variable. I've put a picture of the blueprint there for your above.

Then in the main character, after the node which moves the main character you will want to add an identical node with all the same wires, except it has that reference to the clone plugged into it instead. (The part in the purple comment section in my picture) Just go through each movement blueprint in the main character and to the end of each one add a reference to the clone as well.

That's how I'd build a blueprint to get two characters to mirror eachother's movements. Just remember it'll have it's own complications. Each character is getting the same movement -instructions- but they may have different outcomes. If one character hits a wall and stops moving, the other one will keep moving and following the instructions so they'll get out of synch with eachother. Those are the more complex things you'll have to figure out for your specific game yourself, but hopefully I've given you a good starting point.

[upper thistle]

Woah. I would have never figured this out. So after doing this, do I just drag the clone bp into the viewport or do I have to set it somewhere ?

[static wind]

@mighty wigeon I think your way will required a lot of setup. For me, if about animation I will do logic inside Animation BP. And, official document already have setup for it. https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/AnimatingObjects/SkeletalMeshAnimation/AnimHowTo/CopyPose/

[mighty wigeon]

Yeah, you can drag the clone BP out of the content window directly into the level wherever you want them to start.

[upper thistle]

ok will try that and let you know if it worked. Oh and when we make the "Clone reference" variable, we choose the object reference in character type right ?

[mighty wigeon]

@static wind Driving motion from animation BPs is very efficient and elegant, but personally I find it much more difficult. For a beginner I wouldn't pick it as the place to start, and honestly I don't have the expertise to guide someone through it. But yeah, you could totally do it that way too.

[mighty wigeon]

That's right, object. If you need more than one clone active at once, then you'll have to make it an array and that gets a lot more complicated.

[upper thistle]

Nah bro let's see if we can get one working for now 😆

[mighty wigeon]

You've got more sense than I do, starting out with a simple application first. :p It's 4am so I'll probably get some sleep soon, but let me know if you run into any trouble and I'll see if I can give useful advice when I wake up.

[upper thistle]

Thank you so much again for giving this much time Michael. You are the best 🙂

[static wind]

@upper thistle I wonder what are you trying to do. Is that you want control a group of characters?

[mighty wigeon]

You're welcome, hope it helps.

[upper thistle]

Just want to control 2 character, on the above ramp and one below it.

[upper thistle]

HOLY SHIT! IT WORKED

[upper thistle]

Thanks for sharing the link. It also does the same thing, its just that Michaels solution is a bit quicker.

[static wind]

@upper thistle No, if you have a lot of animations. You will need call every time for every animation, that required a lot of work for setup

[upper thistle]

Ah! Yeah that surely would require a lot of work.

[static wind]

You should notice that Michaels solution is CONTROL for both character not that CLONE animation.

And if the clone character using different walk animation in animation blueprint they will walk differently

@upper thistle So, if you want to clone animations that may give you unexpected result in some case

[upper thistle]

So if I want to apply different animation to clone and Main character I should use animation blueprint ?

[static wind]

@upper thistle Definitely

[upper thistle]

Thank you for that information, will keep that in mind. And once you do it a few times the animation blueprint way is also easy.

[static wind]

@upper thistle Yes, good luck to you for journey to Unreal

[upper thistle]

Thanks man, will surely need that luck. Good day to you as well.🙂

[carmine kindle]

I'm having too much fun, need to stop and get back to actually working on the game 🦶 https://i.gyazo.com/4c33e37397c07513ca1eb852f8d402c3.mp4

[glass fossil]

Sheesh, dat look good, the way the zombie just falls over is too satisfying, hopefully my combat comes out that way as well

[minor hemlock]

Only 2 entries, it'd be a shame if we had to win all the prizes because there were no other legitimate entries

[glass fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-funny-gif-26487256

[glass fossil]

the fun in making a game without a player is that you have no need to sit there for hours and work on animation

[fresh slate]

HELLO

pls where is the retarget manager in unreal engine 5 found?

[glass fossil]

im gonna be honest with you i have no clue, for smth like that I make a project in 4 and retarget, then migrate the assets to 5 because i cant figure it out

[fresh slate]

it means there is no retarget manager in ue5?

[unique charm]

there is a new ik retargeter

it is pretty awesome

[fresh slate]

where is it found and any resources on how to use?

[unique charm]

https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.0/en-US/ik-rig-animation-retargeting-in-unreal-engine/

[fresh slate]

ok thanks. I will try that

[dim stream]

Very close to the concept I'm working on 😬

[brazen surge]

I made a gamejam for Unreal so people can build up their skills without the pressure of competing for prizes like the Epic megajam, or having to wait for a yearly jam. The goal is to host these regularly. Let me know what you think! https://itch.io/jam/unreal-engine-funjam-1

[vapid thistle]

My past self is officially smarter then me

[fresh slate]

pls does anyone know how to change the default temp cache folder in unreal engine. It keeps crashing due to low space

[robust cloak]

Hope it doesn't end up being an issue

[brazen surge]

Maybe this will help? https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-change-local-data-cache-location/32354/9

[hasty shard]

anychance anyone knows how to fix this on package/cook?

this is from a fresh file! had the same issues on my project file, so tried an empty file and can't package at all!

[dim stream]

I think it's gonna be a common interpretation for this challenge
but no worries, it's my first game & first jam
my submission would suck even if I'm able to somehow submit

[nova rose]

that's what she said

[median pawn]

Game coming along we spent the first 2 days coming up with an idea.. ooof

[winter timber]

thinking about a non trivial above/below is quite challenging

[median pawn]

we do follow the theme, just not sharing how we will add it ^^

much more behind the scenes (pun intended)

[winter timber]

what game won one man army last time?

[median pawn]

don't remember

but we are a 3 man team but most of the time somebody is away so mostly 2 people

[carmine kindle]

Not a comment in sight and just some beautiful spaghetti 🤩 🍷 https://i.gyazo.com/663fa17cc437cc905806ffec7872855a.png

[worn hamlet]

@minor hemlock Hey! Does the multi choice options seem fixed now?

[minor hemlock]

yay it worked @worn hamlet

[worn hamlet]

Perfect! Thanks for being the guinea pig! 🙂

[winged void]

This hurts me at my core

😄

[fast sorrel]

@worn hamlet hey, any idea if weloveindies servers are down or something? I can't find any sounds on their site, I get this error.

[fleet finch]

This is happening for me too

[fast sorrel]

Guess I'll run around the house recording sfx lol

[cursive vale]

Today is definitely an art day. Starting to get burnt out programming an ugly game lol

[cursive vale]

This would drive me insane. I have to comment obsessively or I will genuinely forget what my code even does lmao

[past gyro]

You can use Soundly. It's a very nice soft. And it's relatively cheap

[carmine kindle]

I'm betting on being able to remember everything... at least until the jam ends 😄

[olive aspen]

I have a wrench thrown in my whole process right now. My world outliner and details panel has been collapsed, and i have to click on it every time I want to open it. what did I click to collapse it and how do i uncollapse?

this is what i'm referring to, they're usually docked on the side. SOS

clicking one opens only one at a time, which is frustrating

[static wind]

@olive aspen This may help

[olive aspen]

🥲 ❤️

thank you so much

[glass fossil]

hey guys, so im making a shooter where you have to shoot asteroids, but im not quite sure how I can make locating and firing at the asteroids easier, seeing them in the sea of darkness was difficult, so I added a widget that follows them (though maybe that clutters up the viewport), but its hard to see and fire at them individually, seems like your just firing shots and hoping one hits, would anyone have any suggestions to make it easier?

[fast sorrel]

Hmm soo the site is working now, but no checkout availble

[upper thistle]

Hey guys can we use a couple of walk, run animations from Mixamo ?

[fast sorrel]

from what I'm aware, yes you can use any assets

NOTE: Sourced (non-original) assets are allowed but will not be reviewed and scored.

[upper thistle]

Cool. Thanks for confirming. My rig seems to be messed up, can't rotate the arm properly.

[fast sorrel]

I always had issues with mixamo animations lol

[rugged plaza]

I don't think Im gonna make it. Im gonna enter something but it isn't gonna be a whole game

[upper thistle]

I seem to be in the same situation as well.

[fast sorrel]

I'm working with a friend and he went in vacation lol

and the game doesn't look how I imagined it lol

[upper thistle]

Damn. But atleast your game looks like something lol. I spent way too much time on the idea and assets 😦

[fast sorrel]

you'll figure it out, we still have 3 days

[upper thistle]

Thanks Buddy. I plan on making atleast something playable and uploading it.

[fast sorrel]

same, so far you can only walk around and press some buttons lol

[brazen pendant]

Insert Lofi here

[upper thistle]

Looks really cool

[brazen pendant]

thank you, hope we can finish it till deadline

[brazen pendant]

we also have some shortages, some got sick

[fast sorrel]

but hey where's the challenge otherwise

[brazen pendant]

true

[fast sorrel]

So far I only had great times participating to game jams

[brazen pendant]

you also have to note somewhere that you used other peoples stuff, as far as i know

else 😄
Unreal Team:

[fast sorrel]

Here's the detailed rules: https://epicgames.ent.box.com/s/pukvs9rt9vl36m73xtd2u5a8hmptn0sp

[fast sorrel]

Submission may include sourced (non-original) assets, provided that (i) all sourced (non-original) assets must be noted, and (ii) such assets will not be reviewed or scored.

[turbid cobalt]

still on visuals can you tell i have an art background

this has actually been such a learning experience feel like im cutting months

although i have no clean clothes

[fast sorrel]

yeah that's what game jams are really about

[turbid cobalt]

first time here only a couple years in unreal about 3

idk if the first year counts it was so bad

[fast sorrel]

first time participating to a game jam?

[turbid cobalt]

yes first one so far

ive been doing free lance for about a year doing visuals

[fast sorrel]

I recommend checking out other jams too, they make you focus and try new things

[turbid cobalt]

but i took time off this month and this came up right on time

[turbid cobalt]

I will but this one was just right on time as i was trying to make a real portfolio so im pretty excited

not doing any freelance anymore until i finish my portfolio

pretty awesome to see all of us working at the same time

[fast sorrel]

yeah

[fast sorrel]

good luck with your portofolio

[turbid cobalt]

thanks i really gotta buckle down, the freelance work was fun but not really where i want to be anymore i still feel like i cant leverage more pay until i get a more professional look and resume

idk if thats normal either

but sorry i dont want to swamp my story lol

[fast sorrel]

all good, personally idk what I'm doing lol, I'm still a student will have some exams next year, my goal is to make a game that I'm happy how it turns out and release it somewhere

ngnl all my games look like prototypes lol

[upper thistle]

Every good game at one time must have been a prototype 😛 .

[fast sorrel]

oh noo, my code is a mess in most of them lol

[turbid cobalt]

yeah when i was in school doing this i found that my art background really helped if you are a programmer you should focus mechanics and game framworks but if you are an artist then focus on art. Im an artist at heart with a growing passion for programming

[fast sorrel]

I'll probably have to remake everything lol

[fast sorrel]

I know a bit of both lol

[glass fossil]

me sitting here working on a settings menu praying someone will answer this 🥲

[turbid cobalt]

how about you have a burst of projectiles

instead of just one

seems like it would be more fun

and if you are really smart you can make each projectile go for one asteroids

looks cool though i like that idea

[fast sorrel]

and maybe add an outline shader on the asteroids instead of the green thing, you can't really understand what's happening when there's lots of asteroids

and make them a bit bigger

[brazen pendant]

would also project them in world space not on camera screen. so that they have depth and can be behind rocks. this way they get rendered in front and occlude your actuall target that you tried to underline

[glass fossil]

good idea

[glass fossil]

great idea

[glass fossil]

amazing idea

thank u all so much for the suggestions

[turbid cobalt]

np

[glass fossil]

how about making something like this, https://youtu.be/-7DXS7X3nn8 when you press a button it goes out from the player and puts this material on everything, and leaves an outline on certain objects such as enemies?

[rugged plaza]

I'll get as much as I can done because it's still just funny to see them fly 🤣

[rugged plaza]

I used premade stuff from synty studios. I mostly just been cracking on blueprints. I made some audio too tho

[brazen surge]

How did you find working with the Synty assets? I read a review saying they didn't use material instances at all. But I guess that doesn't matter much for a game jam

[rugged plaza]

You can make them easily. Material Instances. Almost everything in the set uses the exact same material though.

[static wind]

Earlier implemented. It's cute right? My theme this year is making for kids. How do you think?

[rugged plaza]

Its cute 🙂

[faint dune]

I can't believe it, I have received an email about the 1000$ AWS Credits. I started doing singleplayer game, since I had lost hope in them. I will probably not switch to multiplayer this late in the jam.

[cursive vale]

Is there a way to keep a specific object from receiving shadows from another specified object in UE5?

[glass fossil]

yea you can turn off shadows if its an actor

[glass fossil]

theres a setting called "cast shadow" on static mesh components

[faint dune]

make the material emissive, it's a cheap trick. Otherwise, not sure

the "contact shadow" option in lightning doesn't do anything for me

[rugged plaza]

OMG!!!!! I have a game loop yall

[glass fossil]

anyone think this is easier to see

[glass fossil]

thats awesome

[rugged plaza]

Looks beautiful to me

[glass fossil]

aw thanks!

also i kinda suck at my game, anyone wanna play test and see if I made it too hard or if its just a skill issue?

[fluid agate]

this stuff's hard lol, anyone else not know what they're doing ?? 😂

[brazen pendant]

Bigger and slower comets, you could balance them by variety Hitpoints * scaling

[glass fossil]

i will never let the enemy see my weakness

[fluid agate]

hahahaha lmao

[glass fossil]

hitpoints meaning?

[fluid agate]

I mean I only started game dev a month ago with a udemy course so this is jumping in the deep end for me

[glass fossil]

oh wow

let me give u some advice, i learned by going on fiverr and telling people I was a pro

learned, and got money

[fluid agate]

smart

signing up now

[glass fossil]

to be fair i only learned 6 months ago so i cant tell u if its the best strategy yet

[brazen pendant]

it seems you destroy one with one bullet. you could vary that by making them bigger and you have to hit 3 times before they dissapear

[glass fossil]

ohhh, ok thats really smart thank you! my worry with that tho is that its pretty hard to hit one on its own, nonetheless the same one 3 times

[brazen pendant]

thats why you could make them just bigger 😄

[glass fossil]

smart

[brazen pendant]

there is also the option by making a soft aim helper

sphere tracing for comets in camera line and on the first comet hit, lerp the controll rotation a little bit to it

mind code 😄

[glass fossil]

i tried that but i kept messing it up

i used a capsule trace to target, the targetting worked fine, but i could get the rotation right

does anyone know how I can make it more clear what these are? The ammo box replenishes ammo, but most probably wouldnt figure that out by the signature white outline, the ship, highlighted in green, is the goal, and the asteroid (the enemy, dont touch it) is in red.

[static wind]

@glass fossil You may try to add ammo icon or label widget overlay to provide more information

[glass fossil]

but as seen here many widgets clutter the screen

[static wind]

Then change box to ammo shape for more clearly Like this https://i.imgur.com/9ptd4Fn.png

[glass fossil]

Ok, one more question, so I made this projective crosshair, but im trying to get it to cast so far that it will hit the sky sphere, so that it will always be on screen without me having to make a widget, ive already set the line trace distance to the max (899999995002880.0), but it doesnt seem to be hitting the sky sphere

[static wind]

@glass fossil I guess that sky sphere doesn't have collision as that grey box

[glass fossil]

yea the sky sphere has no collision except with the visibility channel, which should allow it to be hit by the trace, but i dont know how collisions inside of a geometry work

[static wind]

You are inside the sky sphere so that may cause not work 🙂

[glass fossil]

yea thats the problem

my solution: add blocking volumes around my new "sky cube"

this works

[rugged plaza]

I see the UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: Unable to find target 'UE4Game' bug is back facepalm

[tropic wing]

Well programming has been pretty exhausting but the game is starting to take shape.

Hope you are all doing well in your ventures

[rugged plaza]

I didn't think I was gonna make it but it's starting to be a game

Good grief guys I had a sudden package error and I was dropping blocks until I figured it out

BE SURE TO PACKAGE DAILY! lol

[rugged plaza]

Arghanion? Is that you? Dang your space stuff looks nice.

[glass fossil]

lol thanks

[static wind]

I see you on previous Jam last year here. Why still have this mistake? We always package for every state to check if it have any issue

Anyway, hope you will able to figure out soon and able to submit your game 🍀

[rugged plaza]

I figured it out. I have been packaging every day. This just suddenly presented itself. I had to delete all my intermediate and build folders and rebuild completely

I dunno why we do this. Better than watching Netflix I guess lol

[static wind]

For me, because it's addicted. I love and want to do this

[rugged plaza]

What are you making this time? I bit off way more than I should with a 3rd person zombie horror game 🤣

[static wind]

Because I working alone. So I target simple puzzle game for kids to able finish it in 7 days. Your game make me feel like Dark Souls in some way. Haha

[glass fossil]

anyone know if you can make a image in a widget (such as a crosshair) brighter/emissive? My crosshair looks quite dull in the widget and I wanted to brighten it up a little

[static wind]

@glass fossil There are two way I think. One adjust your texture like this. And two is use with widget material and control emissive in there

[glass fossil]

widget material? If you mean the crosshairs material there is no emmisive in user interface materials (and if its not a user interface material it wont work)

[glass fossil]

sorry i cant really see what your trying to show me. like what?

[static wind]

Here. Change your texture brighness

[glass fossil]

ohh, thank you!

sorry ive been asking so many questions today

[static wind]

@glass fossil I think no need for sorry for ask questions but need to sorry when we don't know and we don't ask 😉

[toxic flare]

I did an test packaging of my game in shipment configuration and it works good but my pc is kinda bad so i set an engine scalability change on a button, when i change the scalability the game crashes with fatal error. Have anyone encountered this and if so how you fixed it?

[turbid cobalt]

life is rough

[brazen pendant]

are you using the command lines or the node for it?

[elder rune]

When mentioning pre-made assets, is it done directly in the itch page editing, or in the jam submission page?

[cursive vale]

You'll be asked to list them on the submission page

[elder rune]

Thankyou

So only one chance to edit that?

Trying to understand at what point I should join jam

[edgy fulcrum]

Is WeLoveIndies soundbank down?:<

[rugged plaza]

... I have been digging all over for sounds and I forgot they was doing that free thing

[glass fossil]

It seems

[edgy fulcrum]

😦

[tropic wing]

Our whole Jam game is centered around a theater play and we finally finished recording all of our lines.

This one was one of my contributions as the narrator.

Raw file obviously

[glass fossil]

perfection

[maiden loom]

oh, that sound bank better come back online, I was anticipating making use of that 😦

[worn hamlet]

Still issues with WeLoveIndies?

[maiden loom]

seems to be up and running right now!

[glass fossil]

i personally use google, youtube, and my hands for a lot of sound effects

[maiden loom]

I prefer to get stuff from sources I know are legit

[boreal umbra]

I am just getting 'Error: Request failed with status code 500' on their website when opening any category

[worn hamlet]

I have just had an email from Dynamedion, they're working on it 🙂

[boreal umbra]

great thank you!

[acoustic quartz]

hey people, anyone knows if i publish my game on itch for people to see it/try it before the submission time ends, will this invalidate my project?

[maiden loom]

You can upload and publish anything you want before the deadline

[marsh oxide]

you can update your itch page with new version how often you want before the jam ends, after that you won't be able to update or upload any new version

[acoustic quartz]

aha ok

[acoustic quartz]

i uploaded it a few hours ago, but its saved as a draft,

do I need to change this?

[glass fossil]

yes, in order for people to see it set it to public

[acoustic quartz]

no I mean in order to submit it

[glass fossil]

yes

[acoustic quartz]

cause at the moment it says i have no projects

[glass fossil]

hit upload game

[acoustic quartz]

yes but its already uploaded

i did it a few hours ago

[glass fossil]

did u upload it as a seperate page without hitting the upload game button?

[acoustic quartz]

yeah i uploaded it in the normal way

using butler

(had to learn to use that first hehe)

[glass fossil]

hm, im not quite sure

[acoustic quartz]

so in my dashboard/projects, i can see my project there

[rugged plaza]

It has to be set to public to use in jam

[pure summit]

what is the size limit in GB using butler?

[civic dock]

30 GB

[pure summit]

thanks, and what is a free source-control repo larger than 5 GB of GitHub?

[minor hemlock]

Your line of questioning worries me

[glass fossil]

guys where is package project hiding in Ue5? Its not under file for me:

[civic dock]

It has a dedicated menu on the main toolbar called Platforms.

[glass fossil]

where?

[civic dock]

Next to the play buttons.

[glass fossil]

ohhhh

tysm i thought i broke my engine for a second there

[rugged plaza]

30gb lol. I knew Nanite was gonna bring the pain

[glass fossil]

yeah im sad too, i was gonna go for tiny but mighty, but my game with only 6 meshes and 16 textures is 1 GB

[rugged plaza]

Did u choose package only maps and share material shader code and all? Is compression enabled?

Mine is 348Mb before I edit any plugins

Like 200 meshes and 20 materials music and sound

[pure summit]

use during development e.g. the megascan tree pack: 8 GB & landscape pack 12 GB....even if you use just a few in the final game and migrate only the really used stuff, you will have 50 GB+ pretty fast

[glass fossil]

other than package only maps, yeah, does package only maps do something and where is it?

do you mean cook only maps?

[rugged plaza]

Yeah

Then you have to go down and list the maps to be cooked. That way only what's on the game maps or is capable of being on them during gameplay

Gets cooked.

[glass fossil]

i spawn objects in to my game map, its pretty much empty alone, will that effect it?

[rugged plaza]

No it will all still work. It just cooks everything connected to it in blueprints

[glass fossil]

oh ok

thanks

is this where i add the maps?

[rugged plaza]

Yes add every map that is to be in your game

Afterwards go to maps and modes and make absolutely sure your starting map is set on game start

Package and play test to make sure all is well

[glass fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/hat-tip-gif-11048773

thank you good sir

i seem to have lost completely random letters

but randomly switching through menus seems to fix it

thats odd

[rugged plaza]

You can select folders/directories to include when cooking, so might add the font and/or UI folders

[glass fossil]

well no see that effect seems to happen pretty randomly, most of the time it displays all the text, but it seems at random moments it will remove half the letters, and can be fixed by just randomly switching thru menus

[rugged plaza]

Never seen that before

[upper thistle]

Hey guys, can anyone please tell if there is a way to add vertical height to camera. Using the focal length brings the back back while I want it to go up.

*Using the target arm length not focal length.

[acoustic quartz]

Many thanks

[gentle beacon]

https://i.gyazo.com/296e6f872cda91b7e7cacf2cb3093b1e.mp4 got ai working (for now)

[ivory dove]

Any other teams using UE5 + Nanite + Lumen?
What are your expectations on hardware requirements for players?

[glass fossil]

im using ue5 and lumen (not nanite tho, I can run it, but it doesnt work with custom depth stencil), and I use my own pc as a baseline, as its low mid-end, so a GTX 1650 and a i5-9400 cpu with at least 6 GB of RAM

[ivory dove]

how's your fps in a standalone build?

[glass fossil]

60-70

if were talking about ue5

in ue4 i get 120

[ivory dove]

cool, this was what I was hoping to hear
I'm just trying to make sure I get a smooth 60 fps

your specs sound like a good baseline
thanks!

[glass fossil]

np

hey so I have this post process material that uses a sphere mask on a sine, (radius is controlled by a timeline), thats supposed to look like a scan, you can only see it on meshes though, and as most of the map is open space, this is undesirable, anyone got any suggestions?

btw that green thing flashing is the material

[rugged plaza]

2 sided mat?

[glass fossil]

hm?

[glass fossil]

you cant turn a post process material 2 sided

[rugged plaza]

Never used post process for that I always just used translucent materials. You could do that and add a second sphere that expands the same as the post process one.

[glass fossil]

ok so I have this actor that has a widget component, which shows in screen space and acts like a marker, works great, except i cant figure out how to get rid of it, destroy actor, remove from parent, set visibility, set draw size, none work

why cant i get rid of it

only remove all widgets works

[toxic flare]

Node

[nova rose]

A question: that stops from polishing our games during submissions review period?

[cursive vale]

Yeah, once you submit you can't update that page any longer (as far as I know). You can make a separate page and upload to that one though

[nova rose]

Does Itch.io prevents this or something?

[carmine kindle]

Yeah, so once the deadline hits, itch locks the download/upload button completely until either the jam period ends or if you withdraw from the jam yourself

[nova rose]

Oh cool then!

[rugged plaza]

forbidden noodles

[gusty brook]

holy

[rugged plaza]

My AI is about as good as it's gonna get :?

Buggy AF

[fiery gale]

yeah I had to harcode a bunch of stuff for my AI to get them to not be so buggy lol

[turbid cobalt]

What’s happening here

[glass fossil]

car driving with dust

[toxic flare]

i think the game is done now

[glass fossil]

looks wonderful

[glass fossil]

i think ive figured it out, how do you think this looks?

[rugged plaza]

What in the cornbread is happening tho

[glass fossil]

also I added icons to hopefully get the point across, a white ammo icon for each ammo box, a red skull in the average location of all asteroids, and a green house for the ship you escape on

[glass fossil]

asteroids are coming at you, I made a scan button that produces the scan effect you see, and when certain objects overlap with it it highlights them, and for the asteroids it sticks a red skull in the average location of them all

[rugged plaza]

My brain don't work that fast anymore🤣

Looks awesome tho

[glass fossil]

yea but i dont like how the ammo boxes just kinda pop out from the asteroids (theres a random chance an asteroid drops one)

also id really like to make the asteroids destructible, but i couldnt figure that bit out

[vapid thistle]

So does anyone have any idea why my destructible meshes are disappearing? I click play and they disappear. I can still see them in the side menu and if I click on them there is shows they are where they should be

[carmine kindle]

Do they perhaps get destroyed?

[glass fossil]

does anyone have any clue how I could keep a marker in the screen space? like in this video, when that red skull passes me, it sticks to the edge of the screen rather than passing by?

or maybe some sort of compass bar would be easier

[rugged plaza]

You have to make sure nanite is turned off on chaos meshes

[vapid thistle]

Nah, they still show up in the side panel

[vapid thistle]

I'm using 4.24

[rugged plaza]

dunno then. is it falling through the floor? Likelyu

I've had that one before happen

[vapid thistle]

Definitely could be. I just need to take a break and come back to it. That's how I fix all my problems 😅

[rugged plaza]

Good luck for tonight, Devs. I am outta time after work for today

[static wind]

Hello fellas, my submission goes live. I couldn't get anyone testing except I made AI do it for me though 🤣
If you try it, then any feedback are appreciate. Thank you and good luck everyone ❤️
https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1680933
https://youtu.be/O9FzUp8_KEM

[toxic flare]

oh god i have 13fps with my shitty pc, does it still count as solo project if i borrow friends pc for recording the game?

gotta love the lumen with a gtx970

[static wind]

@toxic flare Yes, why do you think it's not count as you working solo on that?

[toxic flare]

well in my mind i think its like my friend doesnt contribute in anyway for the actual game, only records the 30 second clip of the game

[static wind]

I think so. If you count that then we should count everything help us able to make game like our family, electricity, etc... 🤣

[peak storm]

You're either describing just making the window taller or squashing the image vertically, which would make everything look squatty

[toxic flare]

Oh im sorry im tired af, i tought you tried to say it doesnt count as a solo project, man im so dumb😂

Maybe its time for me to go to sleep, been awake for like 24 hours making assets or making the core gameplay loop #SponsoredByGfuel

[glass fossil]

yo hows everyone doing rn? thumbs up for great, thumbs down for the waking dead

[glass fossil]

Way behind schedule, Just bought some red bulls right now, gonna start going ham with it

[glass fossil]

ah that sucks, just remember to prioritize your life over this jam

[glass fossil]

Got it sir

Hopefully I'll be done with the mechanics and final level for my game today

[cursive vale]

A bit behind but I've pulled a couple features from the task list & got tomorrow night off work so I should be able to catch up 🤞

[glass fossil]

best of luck, cant wait to see wait youve made on friday

[glass fossil]

a bit behind today, a bit ahead tmrw, cant wait to see it!

[static wind]

This pressure experience is very addictive. I very love it, and it's push me go ahead

[glass fossil]

just try not to let the pressure take control of your life where its the only thing pushing you ahead

[static wind]

@static wind If I don't have that. I will be lazy. And I think diamond should be cut before it's able to shinny. Or become hurt to be beautiful statues more than a brick on a way

[glass fossil]

beautifully spoken, and I think your drive is wonderful, but showering, sleeping, and eating are also wonderful so make sure to do that too

[wooden light]

a "curve atlas" doesn't count as a texture, correct? even though it looks to similar to one in the editor

[empty tartan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED3auxxgji4
Got the core logic stuff roughly done, now I need to make art. 2 days left

[raven sundial]

Hey everyone, decided to do a pop-up stream to answer questions for people during the game jam. If you need any help let me know!

https://www.twitch.tv/verticalthird

[glass fossil]

Thanks man, you'll probably see me in your stream tomorrow not knowing jacksh*t bout how to use the butler tool😭

[elder rune]

I won't finish my game, but this is how it looks.

https://youtu.be/-YR8ibz130s

[nova rose]

Kinda cinematic shot lol

[upper thistle]

Yeah want to make the window taller so both characters can fit

[turbid cobalt]

things got wild

frames dropped because i was trying to take screen shots running 50 fps

[elder rune]

Itch is telling me to verify my email address before uploading, any idea how to do that?

[ancient torrent]

Whats the theme? Not participating but interested

[elder rune]

As Above, So Below!

It's in the title

[rugged plaza]

1 day and 15 hours. Get em hammered out, y'all

[carmine kindle]

Anyone courageous enough to stream playthroughs of all the games this year?

[maiden loom]

https://tenor.com/view/aint-nobody-got-time-for-that-kimberly-wilkins-interview-gif-3531013

I do always like to see it though

[edgy fulcrum]

Allar's and Shadowriver's playthrough of all the entries are usually the best part of the ue-jams, I hope one or both of them are still doing that kinda thing

[sullen glen]

: oo

[nova rose]

Thank you Elon Musk

[sullen glen]

thats Kitbash right

Neo City

[nova rose]

Yeah!

[glass fossil]

Enemies of epic games: Quebec, Brazil, Italy, Belarus, the Central African Republic, the Crimea region, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria

[nova rose]

Kinda hard to work with though

[sullen glen]

very laggy

atleast on my pc

[nova rose]

Same, they use 4K textures so you gotta reduce them all one by one 😦

Also generate new LODs

[sullen glen]

whats ur pc specs

[nova rose]

radeon 580 I think +4 core i5

[nova rose]

what's this all about?

[vital tendon]

Hello people. how is everyone on mega jam doing!

[glass fossil]

megajam rules state that you cant join the jam if you live in any of those places

[glass fossil]

i think im doing pretty well, ive gotten all the features that I wanted (and a few extra i thought of along the way) done, and mostly now just working on cosmetics and optimizations

wbu?

[vital tendon]

Building, testing, fixing

[sullen glen]

still got to do UI , Spawning System , Audio

[vital tendon]

getting ready to ship out!

[sullen glen]

UI almost done

[glass fossil]

also I dont know if spelling is scored but i think "Panet" might wanna be changed to planet

[nova rose]

Maybe it's "Panet" cause it pans around

Badum tss

[vital tendon]

haha yeah, UI is being overworked

[glass fossil]

holy crap

[sullen glen]

nice graphics

[glass fossil]

did you paint that yourself?

shit, bob ross

[sullen glen]

ur definetly getting Graphics award

[glass fossil]

commas are important everyone

[glass fossil]

honestly cant tell if this is stylized or realism, seems a little stylized, but the lighting adds a huge realistic feel to the environment

[vital tendon]

we're a 4 man team

[sullen glen]

Amog Sus

[glass fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/mcdonalds-im-lovin-it-logo-golden-arches-gif-14733897

[glass fossil]

oh thats cool, what i meant by that statement tho is that it looks like a painting

[vital tendon]

the gameplay is completely different

[vital tendon]

the clouds look anime

[sullen glen]

btw is that a Multiplayer game

[vital tendon]

single player, doing multiplayer is going to be a nightmare in 7 days

[sullen glen]

lol

im doing Multiplayer game alone xddd

[vital tendon]

co-op later down the road 👌

[glass fossil]

i dont know the first thing about replication and im not gonna even step down that road

do u guys think itd be worth it to try packaging for more than windows tho?

[sullen glen]

lol no

[glass fossil]

hm, i just am trying to think of things to work on rn, because ive finished everything ive planned on, but dont wanna submit until i have to

also I have a question, when playing a level in the engine, I get about 70 fps, however, when going to that level from the menu level, i get like 30-40 fps, anyone know whats going on and how I can fix this?

[rugged plaza]

Most likely more due to local legal issues involving contests or even taxation problems. Some countries have very strict laws about gambling and pretty much anything resembling a contest is gambling.

[turbid cobalt]

Can anyone tell my why I shouldn’t use a cast to player in my anim notify blueprint?

[minor hemlock]

it's a jam, do it

[glass fossil]

wdym "shouldnt"

is there a reason why we shouldnt? i use them all the time

i mean, i guess maybe it will have a miniscule effect on memory

[glass fossil]

Fr, Half my code is me casting Sh*t

Especially between anim BP and Player BP

see i was smart this time and threw the whole animating thing out the window, there is no player mesh

ur a walking camera

[turbid cobalt]

Idk I read you should keep it all in the character bp

And use ref or something

[glass fossil]

That saves time for like a thousands things, retargetting, animation, montages, Events, Blendspaces, anim BP, notifiers, Particles, holy Sh*t

[glass fossil]

is using get actor of class also bad?

cuz i do that a lot if ik there will only be one of that actor in the level

[glass fossil]

Yea, that's the smart methods, cast once, and make a reference of it, but I'm dum dum so I on reflex use cast for some reason

[turbid cobalt]

How do you make a ref to a cast Lmao

I’m dummer

[glass fossil]

Cast, then there's a "As (Whatever you casted it to)", prmote it to a variable

[turbid cobalt]

Do you make a. Ref in the character Bp?

Oh right my brain is fried

[glass fossil]

wdym cast is bad?

im in too far

cant stop now

[turbid cobalt]

Lols nice

[glass fossil]

Yes, like you need a reference of a character BP in Anim BP, cast, then as third person character, promote it

[glass fossil]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/924896768301359160/962914983589580810/926582532772864000-1.gif

[turbid cobalt]

I tried to do this and I couldn’t because my cast would come out null in the anim bp I was really struggling do you mind posting pics when you get a chance

[glass fossil]

Sure, Lemme get one

@turbid cobaltThis is a BP cast to Anim BP to get speed, variables and other stuff

[glass fossil]

You also need a reference, like if you're casting to your Protagonist, you can use Get player character as a reference, Pawn owner simply means the pawn which you control, it's kinda the same

[turbid cobalt]

Right I’ve seen that but no one really talks about this in good practice

Thanks will look harder at this

[rugged plaza]

Casting in itself isn't that bad but a lot of times when something is created you can create a reference. That way you aren't casting back and forth from the same things alot. Like I create my UI using player Blueprint, make a reference, and just update the reference for my health, ammo, inventory or whatever. Never have to cast to it or from it ever.

People have a bad habit of putting their HUD cast to playerBP on tick and that is really bad.

[glass fossil]

I just did that an hour ago💀

Welp, I guess I'll change it tomorrow

[turbid cobalt]

Bro we are dumb mind seeing a photo when you get a chance lol

[glass fossil]

i put a ton of crap on event tick

[rugged plaza]

Put it in begin play. Cast, create a variable with it. Creat a custom event and set time for custom event (still on begin play, looping) 0.1 secondsThen it's connected forever without being on tick.

[glass fossil]

is it better just to call a looping function like this at beginplay?

[glass fossil]

oh wow u predicted my thoughts

[glass fossil]

I literelly ran out of event ticks so I cloned dozens of them

ran out of event ticks? wtf

[glass fossil]

Lmao, I mean the sequence wasn't sitting well with it, so I created custom Event ticks

[rugged plaza]

Daaaang what is your FPS?

[glass fossil]

I'm using UE 4.25 so I'm getting around 60, I tried using UE5 but my pc wasn't able to make it

[rugged plaza]

If you are counting asteroids and that number is always changing. I don't know if there are a lot better ways.

May have to leave this

I actually had a space game and when they got destroyed, they updated the count on the player BP.

[glass fossil]

OH YEAH BABY IVE ACHIEVED THE 120 FPS GAMEPLAY

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[glass fossil]

tysm ur advice about the cast nodes and all that brought my game from 60-70 fps all the way to 120

[vapid thistle]

So is it normal that destructible meshes will fall apart if they aren't simulating physics?

[maiden loom]

meanwhile, I have achieved the 12fps gameplay

[turbid cobalt]

I’m just shooting for 30-40 lol

[glass fossil]

1. create manual LODs (ue's auto LODs never get it right)
2. Remove all cast nodes.
3. Limit tick events

[glass fossil]

^

thats all I did

it worked great

[maiden loom]

yeah, gameplay performance isn't my problem 😄

[glass fossil]

LODs and mipmaps

[maiden loom]

also no

it's all in the lighting

[glass fossil]

this raw setting will help

[glass fossil]

lighting itself shouldnt bring u down to 12 fps unless ur running on a school laptop

thats chromebook level performance

[maiden loom]

dude, I know what I'm doing, it's deliberate

I'm raytracing caustics in realtime;

[glass fossil]

thats not rlly lighting but alright, never said u didnt know what you were doing

[maiden loom]

it is literally lighting

light rays go into translucent media, refract and disperse

more exaggerated example using a spotlight:

[glass fossil]

ok i feel ur a little defensive rn, and im sorry i made u feel that way, i didnt exactly know what you meant by ray tracing caustics (usually i do caustics with a material), and i was wrong

[maiden loom]

no worries, it's all good!

[rugged plaza]

Heck yeah!!!! Yw!

[turbid cobalt]

I started that convo lol love you guys rn @glass fossil

[rugged plaza]

That is what these jams are really all about. I learn tons from them

[glass fossil]

yes thank you too

[turbid cobalt]

Thank you guys it’s good to see people do the same thing been solo for a long time 🥲

[verbal ibex]

do the people in this thing cheat

im looking at the 27 submissions......

#1 camel rider, ? no underwater theme. gravity warrior same thing. defend the crystal , like if you go through all 27 like 2 of them have something to do with the theme

[carmine kindle]

Maybe there's a great storyline in them that ties it together with the theme 🙂

[verbal ibex]

now i just downloaded "reflections of the past" and i was like this might win. the exec doesnt run lol

[small fern]

considering the first entry was shown in the internet before the jam even started... yes, people are going to cheat

[verbal ibex]

the first 7 submissions were done in like the first 2 days none of them have anything to do with the theme lol

i was gonna enter but i thought it might be a fuckin circus

[maiden loom]

there's usually a load of random entries in the first few days, but they'll start absolutely piling in tomorrow

[small fern]

https://itch.io/jam/2022-epic-megajam/rate/1675249
https://www.moddb.com/games/metamorphicrippers

[maiden loom]

the quality bar for the top 5% or so will be very high

[small fern]

lol

[verbal ibex]

i didnt understand the rules the prizes nor nothin

[small fern]

he still tries to deny it

[acoustic plover]

do you want some fries with that?

and souce xD

[small fern]

but he posted exact same gameplay screenshots day before jam even started

[maiden loom]

the game is a year old, lol

[verbal ibex]

the hell im pretty sure its not a game dump its a game jam

im curious to see the results but i opted not to bother

the prize is like a free gfx card

i dont think my machine will even take two

[maiden loom]

I wouldn't enter with the expectation of winning prizes

firstly it's 7 days, so you've got to reckon with the cost of your labour that goes into that week vs the prize value - but then there will also be hundreds of other entries, so odds on actually winning are low

[carmine kindle]

The real prize is the things you learned along the way 🤓

[verbal ibex]

falls off his chair

[small fern]

real prize is that you then know what parts of unreal you want to avoid in the future

because things will crash and burn

[verbal ibex]

i just thought the whole idea was dumb

like epic being a bunch of twits making a imaginary contest

the main prize is literally the gfx card i already have

and they want 5 people like me to work on something with no concern for real life for a week

[maiden loom]

this year I learnt to avoid Nvidia feature branches and plugins entirely!

[verbal ibex]

you dont even get 5 gfx cards either

[maiden loom]

you get one each

[rugged plaza]

You are free not to enter. I work 60 hours a week and I'm making a game

[verbal ibex]

nah the thing is i NEED to enter cause theres no other way to be succesful or train

and the contest is DUMB bleh

[rugged plaza]

I prolly won't win but I just do this for a hobby anyway

[maiden loom]

I've been entering every year for about ten years

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[verbal ibex]

oh so it is done every year i hadnt heard history on it yet

[rugged plaza]

5 or 6 for me

[verbal ibex]

how have they done it ten times with it being this retarded

[steel stone]

bro

[rugged plaza]

How is it retarded?

[maiden loom]

for someone who hates it so much, I have a hard time understanding why you're even paying attention to it tbh

[verbal ibex]

allowing 5 people kills any ability 1 person has

whole thing is unfair and all the comment is "dont worry you wont win" etc

was it always 7 days?

[maiden loom]

rankings are weighted based on number of people on the team

megajam has always been 7 days

[steel stone]

you should keep screaming into the wind. I'm sure it will work.

[verbal ibex]

oh thats why then

[rugged plaza]

One of the prizes is solo dev only. The top prize

[verbal ibex]

dude i scream at lightning too

[rugged plaza]

The biggest prize is a falcon PC

[verbal ibex]

oh, yeh thats AMD though

just cant win no matter wh\at

[rugged plaza]

Lol

[maiden loom]

you can always sell it if you must go Intel

though I prefer AMD for my dev machines

[rugged plaza]

I just wanna know what game jams are giving away more and bigger prizes

[verbal ibex]

are there any other contests or meetup type things like this or is this it?

[rugged plaza]

You can apply for an epic grant

[maiden loom]

there's meetup groups everywhere and two conferences per year (one NA, one EU)

sometimes a conference for Asia-Pacific, but that one doesn't seem to be regular

[verbal ibex]

yeh i know about the grant THAT i am definitely doing

[rugged plaza]

You do know epic actually doesn't make money on this right? They literally are throwing tens of thousands of dollars away just for fun

[verbal ibex]

they have like $5B in cash man

and all the prizes are donated

[rugged plaza]

And u deserve none of it probably

[verbal ibex]

you can get any of that from a grant

its a contest for start-up devs to get some cred

[rugged plaza]

So go do a grant and quit complaining

[verbal ibex]

and i dont see a damn thing about it that actually "matches" that

fine

[rugged plaza]

No it isnt

[verbal ibex]

i just had some questions

cant get to the questions without discourse

[rugged plaza]

It won't ever help u get a job

[verbal ibex]

i appreciate the info that its gone on for 10 years

nah not looking for a job got to do the entire thing myself

my business plan is 20 years i dont weigh things like a hobbyist

20 years from now ill still be pissed at megajam 2022 (:

[rugged plaza]

Lol

[verbal ibex]

my best calculations are ill be 60 before the game is done right

just thought of a game i wonder if i can do it in one day

[glass fossil]

thoughts on playfab anyone?

thinking of making a leaderboard

[verbal ibex]

bah my computer is almost the same spec as the army of one thing anyway

does anyone do reviews of the megajam? previous years?

[fluid agate]

I think it's bugs are features time

[maiden loom]

some absolute madlads have streamed every single entry in the past, but I'm not expecting it this year

[rugged plaza]

I just want some swag

[jaunty dirge]

i made a portal that works, therefore i win. || in my heart ||

[turbid cobalt]

I want the bag

Lmao

Epic put me in the YouTube video I know your reading this

[maiden loom]

Right? Worst part is I won both last year and the year before and didn't get any swag at all 😦

[glass fossil]

yo anyone know how I can get the direction of an actor from the cameras forward? right now im using this (see image) but its not working so well.

[turbid cobalt]

Can’t you put a tag on the actors and call it from that?

Does the camera have a raycast like in Unity?

[glass fossil]

?

im trying to get the location of a single actor as it relates to the cameras forward direction

for instance, if there was a cube on the left of the player, the direction would be -90 (or left)

[turbid cobalt]

Trigger volume ARound the player

[maiden loom]

dot product

dot product of two directions will give you the angle between them expressed in the range of -1 to 1

(you can also acos that to get the actual angle)

[glass fossil]

two directions? such as the forward vector?

[glass fossil]

which directions do you suggest I compare in the dot product?

[maiden loom]

two forward vectors

or better actually, forward vector, and vector from camera to actor

that should give you exactly what you want

[manic jungle]

When you dont have time to cleanup 😦

[fluid agate]

can't you just get camera forward vector?

did you fio?

[glass fossil]

the forward vector would give me where the camera is facing, not where it needs to face

[fluid agate]

i might need more context, but you just want the direction of the actor? in which case forward vector of the mesh should work, or you want the different between the camera's forward vector and the actors?

[stable wedge]

Is the 2022 Epic MegaJam extended to September 2nd?
Submissions open from August 25th 2022 at 8:00 PM to September 2nd 2022 at 5:59 AM

[fluid agate]

if only. Isn't that just your local time 😢 ?

[stable wedge]

Sry haven't slept for days 😂 😭

[toxic flare]

Maybe a bit generic but i think its a good vibe?

[carmine kindle]

Very spooky, especially that error message

[toxic flare]

yea, this runs at about 15fps

[fluid agate]

those eyes though

[toxic flare]

good or bad? 😄

[lapis kite]

I feel like this is gonna be the best model in my game and it’s just a sign for the title screen 😅

I don’t do a lot of art, a big part of doing this solo was testing how I’m doing in stuff besides code

[glass fossil]

thats clean tho

[glass fossil]

tysm just got this working, prob could be more efficient but it works and thats great

[carmine kindle]

Good time to test package, still time to fix stuff if it all goes horribly wrong 😀

[static wind]

Do you like riddles? 🤔

[rugged plaza]

It's gettin' real y'all

[glass fossil]

ooh loving the sound design

[static wind]

Camera up side down make me nausea 😵‍💫

Actually it's really hard for me to get any feedback. How do you guys be able to get feedback?

[rugged plaza]

It's hard here because we are all tryna finish our game

[limpid glade]

everyones stuff looks so good

pog pog

[toxic flare]

I hope you make that into a full game after this jam, that looks sick

[static wind]

Why do you think it's looks sick?

[toxic flare]

i like the art style

[static wind]

@toxic flare you should like on his gameplay mechanics more because art style asset just get from marketplace

[toxic flare]

well i dont know how much of that is an marketplace asset and how much is self made

its wuite an impressive achievement if thats all self made

[static wind]

@toxic flare Here is a link https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/assets?count=20&keywords=POLYGON&sortBy=relevancy&sortDir=DESC&start=0

[rugged plaza]

No The visual art is synty studios and wont be graded but the actual design will so it's still a major part

I made all the music though

[static wind]

@rugged plaza Wise choice for using art style though

[toxic flare]

Yea, i wish i used some pack like that so i could have focused more on the environment design, but stubborn me decided to waste 4 days into making assets

[static wind]

@toxic flare Don't think like that. For my submission, I make it all by myself

[rugged plaza]

Try different stuff every time. I would make some assets but it is definitely not something Im very good at. I can make machine like stuff but thats about it

for me it wasn't a choice really lol

[static wind]

Yes, if we want do create assets then the game mechanics should be simpler to do that in 7 days

[rugged plaza]

I can oil paint and paint on a drawing pad like bob ross but 3d I just really suck

thought about making a game with bob ross art at first

2d lol

[toxic flare]

I have usee 3d softwares for years so, i guess its my strong suit

But positive thing is im like 95% done and after that i can finally take a good sleep😂

[rugged plaza]

Would make a cool 2d game though

[toxic flare]

Got convolution reverb set up done today and now only thing is to put the AI to move along a spline, oh and try to do some voice lines

[static wind]

@toxic flare So you shouldn't say that you like his game because of his art style, instead focus on his gameplay design if you like it, and hope him make full game for you to play 🤣

[toxic flare]

Yea true, but gameplay mechanics are his atrong suits so i bet its good

[rugged plaza]

I hope lol

I added a way for players to flip that camera in case it's too much

[toxic flare]

good addition 😄

[static wind]

I don't like camera up side down 😵‍💫

[toxic flare]

i even did some optimization so i could some play testing on this

[static wind]

@toxic flare People here seem strange to me. I make a game with simple mechanics, and level to able to finish in 7 days when solo. But they seem not like it much, instead they reaction something big and complex like meteoroid, sci-fi, big environment, etc... so sad. I can't get any feedback for it

[toxic flare]

i usually get the feedback from my friends, i thinks its reliable source, if you just tell them to be truly honest

[static wind]

I tried but they all busy with their works. But for me more excited to get feedback from strangers

[toxic flare]

hmmm

thats bad, since the feedback is quite important

in all honesty i think the feedback is harder to get with reasonable sized projects

[static wind]

One thing I don't like about this Jam is we never know our score, for know how we not good at and where we are, to get better next projects.

[mortal crest]

uh just to confirm, there's one day plus three hours left, not three hours left, right 😅

[carmine kindle]

yes

[wet sequoia]

yeah. and also it seems like some got more priorities than other.
i applied for AWS credit since 2 weeks ago and emailed it like 3 time still got none.
maybe because i am from small country 🥲

[mortal crest]

https://tenor.com/view/phew-dogs-gif-10241261

[carmine kindle]

I keep adding "cool stuff" into my game instead of working on the important bits, what could go wrong

[rugged plaza]

@gaunt copper Are you gonna attempt to stream this pile of entries? hahah

[elder rune]

Can somebody please explain: If I go through the submission process with my unfinished game, is that it, can I resubmit, change pre-made asset list , etc? What can/can't I change if I enter the jam?

[forest pond]

am i reading too much into the theme of the jam, and getting scared to do anything, by reading the history and origin of "as above, so below, and seeing all the ancient mythology and ascetics surrounding it?

[static wind]

Before the submission close you can resubmit anytime you want. After jam close you can not upload your game again until it have result

[static wind]

yes, you are

@forest pond theme is simple about sky above with cloud and sea below with jellyfish

[forest pond]

i'm all sweating and getting emotional over here and you made me laugh, especially with the word jellyfish... it's a silly word. I might be being a bit too serious and too intellectual

[cursive vale]

There's a lotta ways the theme can be interpreted, thematically and mechanically. I'm personally choosing to lean hard into the Hermetic and astrological origins of the phrase, but there are countless ways you can choose to interpret "As Above So Below" in your game

[forest pond]

yeah but the game i came up with, idea, is the last temptation of the last man before ascension on Armaggedon

I even got the latin translation of the full text of the as above so below

but i saw people making maze puzzles

I'm like... maybe i didn't understand the assignment

[cursive vale]

No, that's the cool thing about a jam like this. The theme is the phrase "As Above So Below" - nothing more, nothing less. If you vibe with the history and mythology, go in that direction. If you vibe with a puzzle plat-former, go in that direction. Etc, etc. There is no right way, interpret it however you feel like.

[static wind]

Puzzles easy to implement more than other. Or take less work to able to do in 7 days

[forest pond]

they're smarter than me

because now

[static wind]

This is my submission. I even take advantage of banner art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9FzUp8_KEM&feature=youtu.be

Grab bubble above sky and drop it into sea below to answer riddles question

[static wind]

No, I love mysterious and mythology too. If you can do that, it will be awesome

[forest pond]

i don't know exactly what to do. i even downloaded Twinery and wrote out a storyline. but who would want a text game LOL

[static wind]

@forest pond I believe there will always have people who will love text game. I have seen several text game on Steam. As my riddles game in here, I feel like people here doesn't like it much. But no matter. I love to do it

[elder rune]

That text game looks awesome, I don't know what you have to do in it, but love the vibe.

Shakaama, you are being perhaps a bit over analytical, perhaps, closed minded. What if you hadn't googled it? What then, totally different viewpoints.

[fiery gale]

left programing my boss fight till the last day --- should work out lol

[winged void]

Did you seriously make the EpicJam Idea. 😄

that is hilarious. well executed might i add

[static wind]

Yes, I did. 🤣 When I seen the banner this year. I feel like I want do that as they - EpicJam - give me a concept for production. ❤️

[winged void]

we went jRPG style

[static wind]

Have your game publish yet? And how is it going?

[winged void]

nah we will burning midnight oil

Genshin meets Zelda with a 3 man team

😄

[static wind]

Ok, still have a day left. Be careful though, because high traffic before the Jam close. itch.io server actually down last year

[static wind]

Looking forward to see your game

[winged void]

Luckily we are in just over 1.2GB

so its not too bad and we will be uploading a few times throughout the day as we complete

just incase

😄

[static wind]

Yes, good luck to your team 😉

[winged void]

Thank you! and to yours as well

we are excited to show it

[minor hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/dawn-majora-finalday-gif-9607331

[forest pond]

I'm so tired. give me strength

mmmm foffee

[forest pond]

can i get some private advice from someone, who knows what they're doing?

a single question

[glad wing]

game’s… basically done! might do some final touch-up in the morning and I have to record gameplay footage for the real submission, but I’m real happy with where it ended up. https://mahalis.itch.io/knoc

[winged void]

lmao whats the subject?

it matters. 😄

[forest pond]

appropriateness?

[winged void]

ahhhh for the submission i assume.

[forest pond]

yes

[winged void]

you have some.... unsure content or references?

[forest pond]

yes i want to show you the angel

just tell me yes/no

[winged void]

oh, you can DM me, but a general rule of thumb is you already feel its not appropriate, it probably isnt.

😄

[forest pond]

i'm .... stricter than most tho

[winged void]

yeah your fine. nothing to worry about with that

[forest pond]

ok thank you

now for the devil

lol

[swift prairie]

There's a gamejam?

Well i'll join next time ;-;

[forest pond]

um

he exported in pieces

https://tenor.com/view/crying-cry-crying-face-gif-20235014

each fingernail

each leg

how do i just make him one piece?

Darinius you still with me?

[winged void]

whats up?

static or skeletal?

[cursive vale]

Seems like I never block out enough time for UI. Always takes much, much longer than I expect 😅

[zenith locust]

is there some place that shows where to put what info on the itch page? I am seeing the thingy below but where do I put the team member name and email

You will need the following information at the time of submission:

Team Name
Each Team Member's Name and Email Address associated with your Epic Games account
Game Name
Name of your submission
Please format the name of your .zip file with your team's name attached, ex. TeamName_GameName
List any content that was created before the jam that was included in the final submission.
Submissions must include a link to gameplay footage (between 30-60 seconds) demonstrating recorded gameplay.
The footage will be included in our highlight reel on the 2022 Epic MegaJam results livestream.

[eager briar]

I think you got the idea. We are playing as an alchemist who throws his flasks to fight against his enemies.

[nova rose]

Same question, feels not safe to share your epic games email on your itch page

[carmine kindle]

Those aren't public, only epic gets your personal details through the submission form

[fiery gale]

Yeah this made me realize I really need to make a UI animation library for myself to help with animation fadein/out/etc in the future lol

[zenith locust]

ooooooh i didnt notice that after creating the project on itch you get to submit a form

thanks

[mighty wigeon]

Worst thing about running out of time, my game is so unoptimized. Getting 10-20 fps but don't have time to set up better streaming, hierarchical assets or anything else to fix it and still have time to package.

Still my computer is a potato, so hopefully it'll run better on the judges' machines.

[carmine kindle]

You can use the scalability settings for a quick boost

https://docs.unrealengine.com/4.27/en-US/TestingAndOptimization/PerformanceAndProfiling/Scalability/ScalabilityReference/

Just run a few of these as console commands with the press of a button

[cursive vale]

Spent way too long fighting bugs & it won't be anywhere near where I hoped when I submit, but at least it's got good bones now. Miniature civilization builder where the goal is to strategize and plan alignments with constellations & moving celestial bodies to collect resources and (eventually) unlock new wonders to build

Still need to finish some art work but the idea is to have the visuals & sounds to give the vibe that you're inside a large armillary sphere

[limpid glade]

gonna be a struggle to finish on time :))

everyones stuff looks so good on the disc

i hope their is some kinda showcase of everyones stuff at the end i wanna see what yall came up with

[cursive vale]

Friendly reminder to anybody working rn to do another package test. Better safe than sorry

[brazen pendant]

anyone using fmod in ue5 and having the banklookup.h not initialized error on building?

trying to fix it, but it somehow doesnt work out

[manic rivet]

do you think that if I use a meme title for the game epic will not take it seriously??

[past gyro]

I worked in UE5. You can get bug with banks if you use FMOD built-in plugins. Like the weather one and others.
Just remove any plugins that are 3rd party and should be good to go.

[vital tendon]

Rockets away ! Melon Dusk's colonization program

[slate salmon]

is it possible to get the EOS going without any weird 24 - 48 waiting periods?

[limpid glade]

omg your stuff looks sick bro

[sullen glen]

SpaceX

Good Job

[glass fossil]

i wouldnt rely on it

not with submissions being due tonight

[manic rivet]

Shark attacks has increased recently... 🤿

[glass fossil]

spongebob squarepants: battle for bikini bottom mixed with octodad mixed with gta 5

also does anyone know if we have to make up a team name even if we were solo

[nova rose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCAtclqlOec

[rugged plaza]

Very Mummy!

[winged void]

very cool!

[nova rose]

Very Dune

[rugged plaza]

Big day today. I will only have 5 hours to finish my game after I get off work

[glass fossil]

so nice

[glass fossil]

gl man i have the day off

got labor day early

[rugged plaza]

@civic dock do we need to include the prerequisite installer? I ask that every time prolly lol

I would imagine judges are already gonna have everything installed, but I dunno if it counts

[glad wing]

I assume not, skipped it for mine

[glass fossil]

on a scale of 1-10 can someone tell me how bad this is? I used some online video editor with some playtest clips I had, and i think i couldve done worse, wondering if I should try to spend a ton more time and effort on it, or try to clean up my game further: https://clipchamp.com/watch/QmJFDIwuomf

[blazing quiver]

so how does scoring for audio go? do we not get any points for sounds that we don't physically record ourselves? or?

[toxic flare]

Okay, now the pressure is kicking in hard. Just out of nowhere ue5 dies on me, cant move on viewport, saving fails...

Restarted pc and everything, still not working...

[glass fossil]

https://c.tenor.com/oIuJXBhq4MwAAAAM/aesthetic-skull.gif

Same, My AI suddenly makes no sense, wierd camera clippings, strange pitholes from the middle of nowhere, and my final level got deleted, And I have to do sound as well

Around 10 hours only to clean that up😭

[toxic flare]

I have everything at point where im willing to build and submit, was doing a final playtest before asset cleanup and boom, shit gone south real fast...

[glass fossil]

Welp, hope everything works out

[toxic flare]

Im soon starting to think Epic installed a ticking time bomb on my project

[fleet finch]

Trying to figure out audio and some more level(s) today https://youtu.be/i1WzHAO2bms

[nova rose]

You just realized my dream from 3 years ago man

[gusty egret]

So I hoped that I could make multiplayer platformer...everything work in editor, but now I found out that packaged game won't find steam session...
I remember that I got this problem in the past, but unable to resolve it...
Tried every obvious Google result...
I use app id 480 but I think that is not the issue, bcs from editor everything works 😦

[glad wing]

lol, I love the concept and the voice. nice X-ray effect too. gonna have to play this.

[rugged plaza]

11 hours 36 minutes

[nova rose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKn3JJrJo9Q

Even had some time to make a trailer

[fresh slate]

hello

[past lintel]

some good submissions already

[fresh slate]

how long should the video of our gameplay be?

[upper thistle]

These packaging errors in UE5 are so annoying

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows): ERROR: Win64: Unable to find any Sdks that could be installed

anyone know a fix for this ? I checked on the net and installed a dotnet sdk but it didn't do anything

[glass fossil]

do they care about the length of the footage? the page says between 30-60 seconds

[glass fossil]

if u have the visual studio installer, start ticking on SDK's, i dont remember which one is needed, but i solved it by just turning them on until it worked

[nova rose]

It's the trailer, I linked another gameplay video in submission

[glass fossil]

oh, sick video tho

[glass fossil]

these should all be the right ones in vs installer

i think theyre also included in the desktop development with c++ package

[glass fossil]

hey so i downloaded ur game but im a little confused about where to go now that im wandering in the desert

maybe you could make some stronger indicators of where you need to go

[nova rose]

Just find the car lol

It's nearby

[versed scroll]

Just a cute walking simulator

[elder rune]

Am I allowed to test download my own game?

from itch

[carmine kindle]

yes

[elder rune]

thanks

[lyric harness]

So I really want to use LANDMASS plugin for the jam. Is it safe to submit? (Since it’s in beta)

[civic dock]

Hey folks. Time to wrap things up!

[tulip maple]

Hi guys I need help I’m using MacOS, My unreal editor (ue4) is taking like 100 gigabytes out of application memory how can I decrease that?

The project file is like 7 gigabytes in size so idk what’s happening

[gusty egret]

Sadly 5 days of work in void...Steam subsystem not working on packaged game...And I totally destroyed whole project, won't even launch...See you next year 🙂 🙂 🙂

[civic dock]

I don't think it's required for the jam, but obviously you run the risk of people outside Epic not being able to play your game.

[elder rune]

oh where do you tick that box, i might add it back in tomorrow morning, 4am now lol, finally totally submitted something final, fully entered, didnt think i would get there

so tired

[slate salmon]

well, spent the last two days struggling to get online sessions working with ue5 but apparently it's just inherently broken

it's really gutting when a week of work is gone due to that kind of fail

[elder rune]

sorry to hear that 😦 I would never try anything like that in a 2 year game let alone a 1 week game

[gusty egret]

same here, but in UE4...all worked in editor, not in build...tried to convert it to Epic Online Services and destroy whole project

just have to finish that game outside this jam...it was 2.5D coop speedrun platformer

[slate salmon]

We had to abandon EOS because it requires a 24-48 hour wait while they verify, and then Advanced Sessions stopped because once trying on anything other than local, it would say it succeeded at joining but not actually join

[gusty egret]

LAN worked on same machine, but not on two PC who can ping themself

[gusty egret]

so sad

[elder rune]

my proj got destroyed at 2.5 days in

[zenith locust]

im sure this was answered before but i can package it with the development config right?

[elder rune]

backed up twice a day thereafter starting afresh, and a new idea

anyway sleep for me goodnight, good luck

[jade sonnet]

same

[left gorge]

Hi Everyone,
so I've read this times and times again but still struggle to understand. Are we supposed to submit a__ development build__ for iOS only or for all platforms listed?

Submissions must be packaged for Windows or MAC OS X or Android or iOS (development build) or Oculus Mobile, or Windows Mixed Reality, or HoloLens. No full, unpackaged projects. VR and AR projects are accepted. Android games can be distributed via the Play store as wel

I suspect only iOS is meant

[jade sonnet]

sounds like if you're making an iOS based game you would need to do a dev build

[left gorge]

as there's no way to pass the app store review and distribute

I submitted prod builds during previous jams

our games did not win

apparently it was either this condition or the games were not worth it

I refuse to believe in the latter

[jade sonnet]

I like your confidence

[left gorge]

https://tenor.com/view/coffee-need-coffee-coffee-addict-gif-13231639

[brazen surge]

Try #profiling ? Maybe have some kind of crazy memory allocation loop or memory leak?

[fluid agate]

do we need controller inputs 👀 ?

😬

[brazen surge]

It says video is still processing for me

[left gorge]

I didn't see such requirement

[lyric harness]

Anyone know if using the LANDMASS plugin is safe for submission

?

[nova rose]

Just do it already

[glad wing]

yeah it is real late to be making tech decisions like that

[carmine kindle]

Just need to write some music and I'm done 😀

[rugged plaza]

Thanks! One more ? Can we package Windows shipping or do we have to package a development build?

[civic dock]

Dev builds are certainly helpful since they allow console commands, but I don't think Epic is going to ding you for shipping builds.

Besides: Shipping config is practically required for the < 150 MB modifier.

[rugged plaza]

True story

Dunno if I'm even gonna be able to get close to 150MB this time. First time ever

I'm at 277MB no plugins turned off so maybe

[upper thistle]

Is it okay if our playable character is the default mannequin ?

[civic dock]

Yes but you may lose points. If you do use the default mannequin, I recommend at least customizing the material.

[upper thistle]

Thank you! Will change the material like you say.

[civic dock]

You could also attach something unique to the mannequin like this person did in a previous jam:
#game-jam-chat message

[lyric harness]

Anyone available to walk me through making the build

?

[upper thistle]

Lol that's a genius right there. Looks like a different character altogether.

[brazen surge]

Try #packaging ? I've never done it before but I'd be willing to help out

Watching some vids on it now

[waxen venture]

if its windows

this button is in the editor

any asset outside the Content folder needs to be inside of it, if not, will be not packaged

for example if you have a Cue item, referencing a WAV and the wav is outside the Content will not be packaged

[lament crystal]

First(ish) time making a game in unreal https://youtu.be/56hTFp8GLhE

[past lintel]

pretty cool!

[brazen surge]

The heaven/hell effects came out real nice! Congrats

[past lintel]

Hey shim, I saw you post in the looking for group game jam. I'm intrigued but also a bit of a noob. Hows the project going?

[brazen surge]

Thanks for asking we haven't started yet it's not for the megajam but another one like a week from now. I'm just here taking notes. So far it seems like 1) package early, package often, and 2) beware verification delays for online stuff

[jaunty dirge]

well seems like i wont be getting things done for this jam 😢 was a great learning experience tho

[past lintel]

yeah I checked out the one you referred to in your post. It looks like it'll be a good one too

[junior blaze]

anyone using butler on windows 11?...

so far it just doesnt run..

[worn hamlet]

Someone pointed this out earlier, which might be your solution https://seansleblanc.itch.io/gui-butler

[junior blaze]

sick thanks @worn hamlet BTW are we supposed to ZIP our packaged game and upload it?

not sure how this is usually done..

just feel lucky we got it to package lol

[worn hamlet]

Yeah, so you would ZIP that up and upload it to your gamepage, and make sure you're added your game/gamepage to the jam

[fast sorrel]

I hate my game so much lol

and yes that's in the game

no idea why it didn't build the lights

and it's like 2AM so I'll just go to sleep

[junior blaze]

@worn hamlet thanks you rock. Gui butler worked..

[cursive vale]

Can the itch page be edited after submissions are closed to add screenshots / formatting, or does that need to be finished before submission end?

[maiden loom]

it can be updated after the fact

also, I have submitted by solo crapfiesta:
https://ambershee.itch.io/the-kybalion

enjoy 🥲

time to capture some footage I guess

[gray crest]

how can i publish my game on itch

[lyric harness]

Thank you! I Will try it out.

[lyric harness]

Do I need to set scalability before packaging?

[brazen surge]

I've been able to do this for other Itch jams in the past with no problem

[slate salmon]

but can you still win? or are you disqualified

[rugged plaza]

237MB is the smallest I can make my game. First I ever didn't make the tiny category. I used a lot of audio and art this time tho

[rugged plaza]

They lock the uploads when the jam ends but you can still edit the game page

[brazen surge]

Looks gorgeous!! Chugging on my rig though 6900 XT, 128 GB ram, nvme disk, ryzen 5950x

[maiden loom]

oof

yeah, it's big on raytracing, so RTX2070+ to get playable framerates 🥲

I'm not gonna be winning any prizes this year, but it's got it's own weird style and I'm into it 😄

gonna get some sleep soon, but booked the day off work tomorrow, so gonna trawl through everyone's entries

[winter timber]

i need one more week to finish my game 🙂 but what the heck.. building package

[left gorge]

ahaha I think about "one more day and it could be perfect" every jam

as one wise person once said - "Your game is submitted now, now is the time to either juice it or break it"